US 12,031,509 B2
Fuel injector including terminal blade
Sebastian Wieschollek, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Manoj Menon, Novi, MI (US)
Assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 17/784,926
Filed by Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Dec. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/085192
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 13, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/122188, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/949,530, filed on Dec. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0011415 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. F02M 51/00 (2006.01); F02M 61/16 (2006.01)
CPC F02M 51/005 (2013.01) [F02M 61/168 (2013.01); F02M 2200/16 (2013.01); F02M 2200/8023 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A terminal blade fora fuel injector that includes include a valve housing that supports an injector valve, and a magnetic coil that surrounds the valve housing and is configured to actuate the valve, the terminal blade configured to provide an electrical connection between the magnetic coil and an electrical connector, the terminal blade comprising:
an electrically conductive bus bar that is configured to form an electrical connection with the electrical connector and the magnetic coil; and
a clip that is connected to the bus bar at a clip first end and to the valve housing at a clip second end, the clip including a sacrificial portion, the sacrificial portion configured to part when the terminal blade undergoes an overmolding process in such a way that the clip is separated into multiple portions.